Fans quickly donated and reached the final goal of $5,450. The page raised $5,980 in total before donations were disabled.

The GoFundMe organizer was originally going to donate excess funds to forward Anders Lee's Kancer Jam Foundation. However, the Islanders player said he'd turn the money away because it would be coming from a movement he doesn't believe in.

Fans later decided the donations would go towards the American Cancer Society.